Varah v. United States

"The compulsory nature of public school attendance is not lessened by the fact that a few fortunate students have the option to attend private school or be educated at home." | school had no obligation under the Due Process Clause to protect students from sexual assault by other students that occurred on school property and during school hours | "The compulsory nature of public school attendance is not lessened by the fact that a few fortunate students have the option to attend private school or be educated at home." | no special relationship based upon a restraint of liberty exists between high school officials and school children which would have created a duty for section 1983 purposes | sixteen and seventeen year old high school students attending vocational-technical school molested by classmates | “The compulsory nature of public school attendance is not lessened by the fact that a few fortunate students have the option to attend private school or be educated at home”